“I still message even though I’m blocked.” Former cricketer Shikhar Dhawan opens up about being separated from his son and how he deals with it.
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00:00Now my son is 11 years old.
00:01I have seen him only for two and a half years at the age of 11.
00:05It's been two years since I have seen him.
00:06It's been a year since I have talked to him.
00:08Because I am blocked from everywhere.
00:09Which innings will you show him?
00:11And which innings will you not show him?
00:14I will hug him first.
00:16As a single father,
00:17it must be very difficult to not be able to see your son
00:21as often as you would like.
00:22Yeah, absolutely.
00:25That birthday post.
00:26Yes, yes.
00:27It's been two years since I have seen my son.
00:29It's been a year since I have talked to him.
00:31Because I am blocked from everywhere.
00:34Of course, it's difficult.
00:38But you learn to live with it.
00:41And I miss him.
00:44But again, I talk to him speechually.
00:47I feel like I am talking to my son every day.
00:51I am hugging him.
00:52I feel like I am.
00:52So I give my energy to him speechually.
00:55Even if I have to bring my son back,
00:57that is the only way I can bring him back.
00:58My sadness won't help.
01:00I am giving him so much happiness.
01:02So I take the situation in a different way.
01:05Manifest.
01:05Yes, I take it on manifestation.
01:07Your career line is so difficult.
01:09Staying away from your family.
01:10Yes, yes.
01:11It takes a toll, right?
01:13Yes, absolutely. It takes a toll.
01:14Like when I used to travel,
01:16now my son is 11 years old.
01:18I have seen him only for two and a half years.
01:20At the age of 11 years.
01:22So I used to travel.
01:23In my case, he used to live in Australia.
01:25When I got married, I adopted two daughters
01:27from my wife's first marriage.
01:30So he couldn't shift here.
01:33But that was the situation.
01:35And I took it in my stride and I was happy with that.
01:37And of course, when the separation happened,
01:40then things changed.
01:41And then again,
01:44we make ourselves so useless that we get molded in it.
01:47And we don't go against its energy.
01:50Nature knows the best.
01:51So I flow with it.
01:53Tell me, which innings will you show him?
01:55And which innings won't you show him?
01:58I will hug him first.
02:00Of course.
02:01First, I will spend time with him.
02:04I will listen to him. I will know him.
02:05I don't even think about showing him any innings.
02:09First, I will listen to him. I will know him.
02:11With him,
02:13who knows,
02:14if he cries then I will cry.
02:16And I will just enjoy him.
02:19And that's it.
02:21I don't care if he cries.
02:23If he wants to cry, then let him cry.
02:25If he doesn't want to cry, then let him cry.
02:27There's no problem with that.
02:29For me, the most important thing is that my son,
02:31wherever he is, is happy.
02:33And is in good health.
02:34That's important.
02:35Even now, like I do,
02:36I message him every third or fourth day.
02:38Block number.
02:39Now I am blocked.
02:40I keep messaging him.
02:41I don't even expect him to come and see me tomorrow.
02:45I will show him that yes, the child did this.
02:46But I don't care if he reads it all.
02:49If he doesn't read it, then what's the problem?
02:50It's my karma to do that.
02:51So I will keep doing my karma.
02:54What does your mind say?
02:55That one day you will see him?
02:56I already feel that I'm already be with him.
02:59I'm already be with him.
03:01And already seeing him, playing with him.
03:04I already do those things.
03:05And I enjoy that.
03:06I enjoy with him that way.
03:08So your time goes in your mind.
03:09Yeah, like when I'm sitting for my meditation
03:13and all that stuff.
03:14So I visualize that every day of my life.